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Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage

England
List entry 1009746
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009746
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.24 hectares
Grid reference
ST 55910 50083
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. The site represents a characteristic form of round barrow dating to the second millennium before Christ, distinguished by its disc barrow type with a central mound surrounded by a ditch and external bank. Such monuments served as burial places for individuals of elevated social status within early Bronze Age communities. The barrow survives as an archaeological feature of significance within the prehistoric landscape of Somerset, recorded and protected as a scheduled ancient monument under national heritage legislation.

Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009746. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage?

Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009746.

Who is responsible for protecting Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage?

Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009746.

What other scheduled monuments are near Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Browne's Gate (4.3 km), Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house (4.4 km), King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement (4.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Browne's Gate
4.3 km
Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house
4.4 km
King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement
4.5 km
Bishop's tithe barn
4.6 km
Maesbury Castle small multivallate hillfort
6 km
Bishop's palace
6 km
Medieval standing cross 80m south of St Mary's Church
6.5 km
Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20m north west of Castle Farm, Castle
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage

Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Disc barrow 610m northeast of Drove Cottage

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~7.9 milesBathRoman town · ~14.9 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~16.1 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~17.2 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~15.7 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~15.8 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.1 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~16.1 miles
Domesday entry for Wells, Somerset →
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